Field notes, v666
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May 11th 1948 Corvallis - clear, calm + warm = 7 a.m. Evening grosbeaks well-scattered. Canada Goose - 4 flew N, high, at noon. Bullock Oriole - 1 in elm on lower campus 7 a.m. Pileolated Warblers = 10-15 in 2 neighboring apple trees. 875 Gt. back goldfinches = few Willow goldfinches = common in field next to 410 N. 8/6th. May 14, 1948 - Chas. Entress found 2 Seattle wrens near Camp Adams in D. Fir at 35'-40'. One for food. May 15, 1948, Corvallis, OSC Campus, and Avery Park 0540-0645, -Ovc/ calm, cool Valley Quail Pheasants Purple Pheasant & on nest at 6 1/2 a.m. Mourning dove Flickers Little Flycatcher Olive-sided Flycatcher Violet-green Swallows Seattle Wren 876 Robins Russet-backed Thrush Cassin Vireos calling Warbling Vireos Lutescent Warblers Yellow Warblers MacGillivray's Warbler Black-throated Gray Warblers Pileolated Warblers English Sparrow Meadowlarks Western Tanagers - dozens in firs, mostly males. One F seen yesterday Evening Grosbeaks common Purple Finch Pine Siskins everywhere in Avery Park and on the campus Willow Goldfinches Oregon Towhees Oregon Juncos - young birds already out of the nest Chipping Sparrows Song Sparrows. 28 species May 15, 1948, 1-5 p.m. 410 N. 16th St. Corvallis, -Ovc/ calm, warm. While sitting in the backyard during this period I observed the following species in the air, shrubbery, or either of 2 apple trees: Redtail Hawk Rufous Hummingbird Gairdner Woodpecker Little Flycatcher Violet-gr. Swallow Oregon Chickadee Seattle Wren Robin Western Bluebird Cassin's Vireo Warbling Vireo Lutescent Warbler Yellow Warbler Pileolated Warbler English Sparrow Brewer Blackbird Western Tanager Black-headed Grosbeak, Purple Finch House Finch Pine Siskins Willow Goldfinch Green-backed Goldfinch Oregon Towhee Vesper Sparrow Chipping Sparrow and Song Sparrow: 27 species 876